I rented this DVD from my rental club, and was extremely impressed by Woody Mann's mellow, authoritative teaching style, and the amount of instruction he's fit onto one DVD. Out of all the guitar DVD's I've tried, I'd say this is one of the very best. I suppose it would be even more useful if I had the accompanying book, which I'm considering buying from Amazon. I'm an intermediate player, but I think even beginners could make headway with this disk, if you're willing to rewind and study intensively.